Fluid-meter.



EfP. COLEMAN, DBGD.- H. oQLBMANjDMINITBAToB.f

-FLUID METER.; APPLIoATloN FILED JULYe,19o`9. 1,010,400.' v Patented NOV.28, 1911. v v v v ZSEETs-SEET `2.

kif/0 fi; @ggg EDGAR ie-COLEMAN .on BUFrA-noQNnw Y10 onsain .EDGAR i?. ooLEMAm-Dnoniisnn. v

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a citizeiiftftheUnitedStates and a resident of Buialo, Ain' the' county off Erie and. State of Newl "York, have' invent'l'edy 4certain i new and luseful Improvements' inttFluideMeters, (Case. g) t! andv l do hereby" 'declare that the'followinglis a full, clear, 'andexact de'- scription'thereof, reference being had to the lo acco'nipaiiyirig`- drawings, and f to' the letters Iarked thereon, which formv a Thislinvention relatesto an" integrating proportional i ifrie'tefv lfor measuring i the quantityjor'f'volurnefof fluid :which flows thrlgh pipe or conduit'- in ,.fa" given unit A of timeand'whic h embraces a motorme'ter arranged. ina 'by-pass gfronij'aA main converging oriiceiii' the pipe orco'nduitcand opervatedfby the4 portion iF-"rtllie'l Huid which passes through sadbyipa'ss'- i An'fhapparatusgeinb dying my invention embraces asits mainffeatures auconvergin'gnozzle or orifice which forms' part'of or is ',25-located'in thevpipe' or conduit, -a hy-pass` extendingaiound said nozzle or orice, a` motor 'of-the'impact or reaction type, intere' posed =saidby-passand hayinga. rotative wheel and ya jet-nozzle, and a Vregister operatedbyjsaid motor. A n apparat-us embodying rmy "invention, therefore, Aembraces at' least two y'convergii'ig orifices, one in the main conduit'and the other arranged in a ley-pass extending'v around the converging orifice in .35 the, main conduit, ltogether with' vafinotor- T iste? fnibracingk a rotative memberor wheel 'j' j'ieiated the impact of iruid issuing from the vconvergingori'fice 'in the Vby-pass, and

` the speed of;rotation` of which is p'ropor.- 5W) tional to thevelocity of the fluid `delivered through saidby-p'ass 'oriicefThe register,

which is operated by thesaid rotative mem'-,l ber or wheel of the motor, registers the numberof'rotatio'ns'thereof per unit ottime, and, as the' same quantity of iuid passes through -.the `motor durirng;l each rot-ation thereofpthe registering devicel may be madel to indicate' the'total' quantity orf,I volume .which passes during -any given period of' time,lexpressed urement. y

In order'to in any desiredzunitof meas- ,conduit having,v converging `approach walls flel `,walls and whichfcorrespond in structure B e it known thatrI, EnoAR P. COLEMAN,

'asy a converging orice, the saine havinga nx; .Rossum H. Conni/IAN ADiiiNI'sTnATon substantially *constant "co-eiic'ent 'of discharge, regardless ofthe density -or pressure 6o -headfof the Huid, while the nozzle of the fi" rmotor is'm'ade lof like form, having a dis-` preaches Vthe discharge orifice, vwhich latter ystantgco`eiicientof discharge. By reason chargepassage which'oonverges as'it ap-fA "of these'like characteristics in the conduiti v`nozzle' and motor-nozzle, the flow through the by-pass'and'motor-nozzle is strictly pro- 'i' 'y ,portional to the flow ofthe main 'current jor body otiiuidf throughjthe pipe or conduit, so4 that the Ajcalibrz'ition of the flow-off y I have shown in the accompanyinggdravv'- ings a meter of the impact type, such Vas is illustrated in' a separate application for fluid through fthe y bypass `andil the n i'o'tor will'atforda correctfindic'ation offtheltotal ,flow through the main pipe or passage. "75 i patent, Serial Number 506,024, iledsimul# l I taneously herewith, the same embracingja" casing, a rotative motor-member or 'wheel provided with blades or buckets, jet-nozzlesv l directing .jet-s of fluidagainst said blades or bucketsto give rotary movement to they wheel, and a loadv or resistance member .pro-

` videdalso with blades or buckets land-which,

is connected and turns with said wheel in the fluid being measured, said load-member affording a resistingtorque which opposes the motive-torque of the motor, so that the wheel thereof turns at a' moderate rate. In a motor of this type, in common with motors of the vieactiize type, and under the said coni ditions the speed of rotationof, the wheel or rotative motor-inember will be exactly ,proportional to the velocity ofthe fluid jet i discharges through the nozzle. A

As shown in the accompanying drawings -vFigure l'isa view in vhorizontal sec'-' tion of an apparatus' embodying my invenioo` tion, embracing an'impact motor, a Venf turi tube. in the main pipe or conduit andA 'by-pass pipes, which connect the converging oritices ofthe measuring device'in by-pass or shunt relation, with the converging 4 are vsectional views showing different" forms of converging orificesin the mam l p l oriice of the'Venturi tube. Figs. 2, Band r'e the most accurate re. sult I employ ay nozzle in the main pipeor' part of the apparatus. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken upon line v6 6 of Fig. 5.

is provided with a short, cylindric throat section 6, forming a restricted, cylindric, or parallel discharge orifice or throat A, and said throat section 6 is connected with the up-stream portion of the pipe 2' by means of a tapered section 10, forming a converging passage B,'and with the down-stream part of the pipe 2 by` means of a tapered section 11 forming a diverg'ing adjutage or expanding passage C. The pipe 2 is connected with the casingof themotor at the up-stream side of the converging passage B, by a pipe-7, and at the down-stream side of said converging passage B by a pipe 8.

n Said pipes 7 and 8, with said casing 3, form a by-pass around the converging .orifice B. The converging passage or orifice B affords a substantially constant co-efiicient of dis? charge through the restricted cylindric, or parallel discharge throat or orifice A, regardless of the velocity or pressureof the fluid passing through the conduit. The pipe 7 connected with the conduit 2 at the upstream side of the converging orifice B, as described, constitutes a supply ,passage leading to the jet-nozzles 5, 5, while the pipe 8,

connected. with the conduit lfat the downstream side of said converging orifice, constitutes the return passage fromV the motorcasing. The pressure difference, due to the presence of Vthe restricted throat ororifice A, results in the .deflection of a portion of the total flow in the conduit through the bypass circuit, which includes the motor-casing and the pipes 7 and 8. As illustrated in said Fig. 1, the pipe 7 is connected with an annular up-stream pressure chamber D, formed by means of an integral 'wall 12, on the up-stream end ofthe tapered section 10, and communicating with the interior of said section by means ofa yseries of apertures d, d. The pipe 8 is similarly connected with an annular pressure chamber E, formed on the throat section 6, by means of an integral wall 13 and connected with the interior of the throat section by a series of apertures e, e.

The expanding passage or divergent ad.

divergent adjutage, thus reducing `the pressure loss due to the presence of the orifice.

Such` diverging adjutage C forms no part ing passage or divergent adjuta'ge C is pres.

.ent or not.

In Figs. 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings, I have illustrated other forms of construction in a co11duit,adapted to provide a converging orifice affording `a substantially constant coefficient of discharge-through the throat thereof. As shown in Fig. 2, the parallel discharge orifice- A, and theconverging passage B, are formed in a single pipe-section 14; the expanding orifice, p Yat the downstream side of the throat B, being in this case omitted.L In this instance the interior ofthe pipe-sectionli is abruptly enlarged at the down-stream end of the throat A, and the pipesl? and 8 are directly connectedwith the interior of the conduit, the pipe7 being connected with the up-stream end ofI the pipe section and the pipe 8 with the downstream end of said section, beyond the downstream end of the throat As shown in Fig.- 3, the throat A and converging passage. or orifice B are formed in a single pipe-section 15, having at its upstream end an annular pressure chamber D, with which is connected the pipe 7 Said annular chamber is formed by an integrall wall 16 and is connected' with' the interior of the conduitby apertures d, d. In this instance, thepipe 8 is connected with an annular pressure chamber E, -which is formed by means of an integral 'wall 18, formed in the down-stream end of the pipe- 4section 15,'a-nd surrounding the throa` A. Said pressure chamber E communicates'A with the .interior of the throat A, by means ofv an annular` slot el. -The pipe section 15 is enlarged ahruptlyat the down-stream end n of the throat A; the expanding passage or orifice in this case being omitted.

Theconstruction shown in Fig. 4 is like that .illustrated in Fig. 3 and bears the same reference characters, except that a tapered section `19 (one end of which is shown) forms an expanding orifice or passage C, which acts to reduce the pressure loss due tothe presence of the orice.. In this instance, moreover, theV pressure chambcrE communicates with the interior oi the throat A by means of an annular slot c2, the walls of which are inclined at an acute angle with respect to the central axis of the conduit. f

In all casesthe cross-sectional'area of the holes d and e, (Fig. 1) and of the slots e1 lago and (Figa- Sand port'iolis of the pipes?A and' through the ley-pass, may be negligible substantially' the total lhead be expended in than the-threat holes," andintheaseof the' use ofsubh s'l'ts, their width;` parallel tothe axis bftlfefft'hroat, should' iitbe'greater than? that""ncessar`y`u to' zgiye the: '1"equire`d-y cross-sectional areafor' flow thidugli' the bypass; 'The'obliique slot e2 shown in Fig.4

secured ,'tw'o` admission 'i pipes .28, l 28 which pass throughthesaid walls and ;term in`a-te in the discharge "r'jetnozzlesf, 5.*"The of the converging "passa-ge B' "of the main pipe'passing from said pipe T-throughthe' branclresf29, 29 and pipes' 28,28' and being? delivered through the etn'ozzles '15,"5 to v'the interior ofi' the casing' to yeffect thebperation of the rotor or wheel of the motor. The fluid Ithus delivered to the casing Yis dis- -cliarged `therefrom through the plpe `8 by whichit isA returned tothe'mainndut at the*y down-stream e 11 d` f said converging Centrally 'arranged withinf the casing 3 is an upright rotative shaftf30 earryingthe rotor?, which embraces afseries of annularly arranged blades or'buekets 3 1, 31, 31 that are acted uponk by thejets from the nozzlesI 5, 5 and twol annularly arrangeds'eriesl of constitute the 'operative elements of an im.-

pac't mdtor,' sa1d blades `and nozzles being arranged obliquelyv with respect to fradial by impactfonthe'said bladfestq give rotative vmovement vto 'the rotor. Said nozzles 5, 5 v have converging," paralleljd'scharge pered toward the dischargel orices-thereof andY terminating in 'cyli'ndrie:v orl paralleldischarge: jet-openings. 'The 4 said nozzles.

therefore, correspond ,with the nozzles-y in,

the,1 main conduit, having ""a substantially wel@ fthe-1.1 the 'other irl-f.

bladesor wings 32, 32. The"blades or buekf ets 31, 31,31, togetherwithv the nozzles 5, 5,*

lines of the rot'or, and the nozzles being sov 'arranged that 'tbenjets delivered thereby act jmemberf Ais proportional" to lthe pressure- ,memberl yis propotional'fto the square" mizng devises provided'- fqr; that; Pl pas In4 the-partielle# 'Onstr'ueo trot@ 33, 33, and `extend above and belowA thesame the upper and lower ends o fsaid plates be-;

@member orfffmidbrakezwhihyfuf# f nishesf-1-eistfmefw @prose 4the; torque @if the motor.' "As the' rtorque ldflthe.' motor-ff .j '15, "head, orto the square of the velocity of the f fluid, andthe resistance-torque ofthe load illutlated, 'the sanneemlgraces'V two parallel' i constant co-eiiicient of discharge under vari-.2.

stblaaesee, 396i' h OOI'" bladeS 31a .31.y ff

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theshafr 30am the aber bad-esi 31', smet i A aiiixe'dj to and extendbetweenmhe marginal Parts 'f Said disks 33, Th 'rSi'StncJ blades 32, 32`are'also attached to 'saidfdisks ing secured to ltsheet'metal,ringsi34, 34;'

, in the casing 'with the rotor as thelatter turns; annularly upperl andlower ends t'o flatjringsBQSG, thereby forming a cageor frame which `is 1 head2? 01E the said casing. V I

chamber formed by means 4of an auxiliary' 'which rises from theupperhead 26 ofthe.

om acquiring a rotary motion. 105l arranged, stationary radial`b1a.des 3 5, 35`,35 'are'located Within the casing eXterior to the-ff rotor,`sa1d blades being attached at `theirfl lv inserted,` jas a whole, "into the casing 'and-isA i secured by screws' or otherwise tothe lowerJ 1 A the top `@fthe main casingl `is ou; v` easing consistirifg`4 of a lcyli'ndric wall 4 0 casing, and aA cap-plate" 41 secured ito the wall 40. Said il-chamberiskept illedlwith oil and contains a train Aof' gearswhichY isv oil-chamber 'and on its part within the same through ahole in the top wall-"26 into the;V 'i' 125g is providedwith aworm .42' Whihinter;

driven by the motorsl1aftf30,whichL latter 'i -extends iat its upper end intoi saidilfcliam--l vmeshes` withandactuatesl la worm-wheel 4? :I

formingfpart ofthe 4train of gears' re'gflfredV i l attached to. a horizontal I. shaft. 6) 1 36 which has geared connection with a second horizontal shaft 45 through the medium of gears 46 and 47. The shaft 45' asses out- Wardly through a stufling box 48Min the wall 40 to the outside of the oil-chamber. A register or counter 50 (Fig. 6') of familiar construction, is mounted on the topwall 26 of the main 'casing and is operated from the shaft 45 through the medium of a crankarm 51.0n said shaft, and a connecting'rod 52 v which is engaged with said crank-arm and with an osclllating crank-arm4 53 forming part of the registering device. The said .register or counter will be operated to turn which flows through the apparatus in a given time, expressedin any desired unit of measurement. v

The upper end of the rotor-shaft 30 has bearing in the lower endof a plug 55 which is inserted through and has screw-threaded connection with the cap 41 of the oil-chamber. Said bearing plug may be adjusted vertically by turning it in the cap 41 and is provided with a central lon itudinal bore or passage through which oil isfed from its upper end to lubricate the bearing at the upper end of the motor-shaft. Oil is supplied to the passage in said bearing plug and also the oil-chamber (which is kept filled with oil as before stated) by means of a supply pipe 57 'receiving its' supply of oil from a reservoir 58, and vprovided. with a valve 59. Said pipe 57 is connected with a cup-shaped shell 60 which is attached to the top 'of the cap 41 by a screw-threaded connection and forms an auxiliary oil-chamber which surrounds the upper end of the bearing plug 55, and is connected with the main oil-chamber by means of holes or passages 61, 61 formed in the cap 41.. The lubricant i supplied by the pipe 57 reaches the upper bearing of the rotor/shaft through the bearing plug 55 and-.fills the main oil-chamber,

so that the saidupper bearing, aswell as the parts constituting the train of gearsjde-` scribed, are immersed or lrun in an oil bath. The oil reservoir -supplies lubricant to the gea'r case to take the place of that which may escape therefrom by leakage or otherwise.

In order to isolate the body of oil in the main oil-chamber from the fluid containedcury, as shown Fig. 5. Attached to the said top wall 26, and surrounding the motor-v shaft, is a cylinder 63 which extends downwardly into themercury in the annular trough or cup, without contact with the latter.

. At the lower end of the rotor-shaft 30 a.

bearing is provided therefor on the lower head 27 of the casing, in connection with a mercury seal to lisolate from the liquid being measuredthe lubricant supplied to said gbearing, as follows: The bottom. wall or head ;27 is provided with an opening for the passage of the shaft 30 and attached to the Lhead, around said opening is a cylindric, depending cup or shell 65 forming an oil- 'chamben Attached to said bottom wall, within the cup 65, is a bearing member 66, also of cup shape, provided in its bottom with a conical bearing recess for the lower end of the rotor-shaft and with holes in its side walls. To provide for supplying oil to the said lower bearing, the shaft 30 is made end, within the bearing member 66, the said shaft is provided with a lateral aperture 69 through which oil passing downwardly through the' shaft escapes. into the space within said bearing member and fills the space within the cup 65. A mercury seal to separate or isolate the body of oil in the shell 65 from the fluidcontained in the main ca sing is provided as follows: Attached to said shaft 30 above the lower head 27 is an inverted cup or bell. 70 which surrounds the shaft and extends from its point of attachment downwardly intoan annular trough or cup 71 which is attached to the upper face of the lower head and surrounds the shaft. The said cup 71 contains a body of mercury into which dips the bell 70 so as to form a mercury seal by which the fluid in the casing is prevented .from reaching the space within the casing 65 surrounding the lower shaft-bearing. g

In order to avoid the necessity of employing a mercury seal of undue or inconvenient depth between the rotor-shaft and the oilreservoir, such as might be necessary inV` secondary-casing or oil-chamber containing the lubricant, as follows: The oil-reservoir 58 is connected with `the interior of the main casing by means ofan equalizing pipe 72, so thatthe oil in the reservoir will be subject to the same pressure as that within the `main casing. In` the'apparatus. illustrated rotor `or wheel'willbe proportional tothe'f velocity vvof the-fluid discharged vfrom rsaid jet-nozzles y against the blades. or 'buckets in the'drawings', which is designed more especially for use inconnection with water or other fiuid heavier than oil,said equalizing :pipe is connected with the bottom wall of the main casing andopens into the bottom the' same fromthereservoir into the oilchamber,l and the latter will always be subject to the same'pressure'as that'inl the main casing. By the use of the pressure equalizinU device described, the. pressure orrboth si es ofthe upper mercury seal will be the J- same, and theseal used -be deep enoughonly to insure the desiredsepar'ationof the liquid' s being.` measured from the oil. The equalizing device described "also Vtakes care of any s the oil-ch amber. 2a5v expansion or contraction of the lubricant in y In the`operation of an 'apparatus embracing the general features of construction here- Xinbefore described, as before stated,l the rotor or wheel of thefmotor is turned by the ilnpact ofthe fluidissuing :from -the jetnozzles 5, 5 and-thespeed ofrotationof said thereofw In a meter operatingin this manner, the developed `motive-torque will be' greater ifthe: difference in 'pressure between the interior lof the-.supply pipes 28, 28and` the space within the casing, (.which corresponds generallywith the ldifference in pressure between the influx and discharge ends of the conduit-nozzlelebe increased.`V AAn advantage is, therefore, obtainedby the use of the form of throat slot forming an acute A angle with. the throat axis illustrated lin Fig. 4 of the drawings, wherein suction will be -eXerted upon the pipe 8 through the actlon of the jet orcurrent of water or other `fluid issuing through the orifice or throat 9,

and which has the efi'ect of making the difference 1n pressure between the inlet endv of the supply pipe 7 and the outlet end of the return pipe 8 greater than that dueto the.

difference in pressure. arising from' the restricted conduit-orifice alone. Such increased pressure dierence impressed upon the motor nozzles has the eitect of increasing the motive torque, due to a iven flow through the main converging ori ce, which greatertorque may be utilized for operating the registering device. The increase in the `,motive-torque is of advantage because, when such motive-torque 1s very large in proportion to.the trictional resistance due to the turning of the rotative parts in their bearlngs, the eifect of such frictional resistance on the accuracy of calibration becomes so small as to' be'negligible. The resistancetorque may also be increased to maintain the speed of rotation within the desired limits.

It is t-o befunderstood that the actual amounty of motive-torque developedv by the action of the jet-s from the nozzles 5, 5 is of no consequence -sofar as accuracy of ,calif tical standpoint in order `that the motorv may'r give anample amount of power 'for operating the registering device, .thereby makingthe operation of the apparatus -much more certain vandfpositive than if the yresulting motive-torque employed for actuat! `ing the registering device were very small;

it being, of course, understood that by increasing the motive-torque and also the ,re-VA sistance-torque of the load-member,I such resistance-torquemay bemade very large in proportion to the .frictional resistance due to the rotation of the operative parts lin their bearing with a corresponding lesseningof 'the' deleterious influence on .the accuracy of calibration due to variations of such frictional resistance under different ratcsjin the rotor.- y iw i i In all. ofthe forms 'of,constructionillustrated,I employ one orgmore converging orifices, constituting thejet-nozzle A'or jetnozzles of4 a' rotary motor, and connectedgin by-pass relation with a similar oriicelof` cated in the 4main conduit. `Since the :co` efiicients of discharge f of ally of ,the orifices -are either substantially` fequal, or propor` tional and constant, and since the `fluid-pres. v I

sure heads' impressed upon all of the orifices vare substantially identical, the division -of fiowb'etween the several orificesA is truly proportional. The`torque of themotor is di'- rectly proportional to this total luid head, and the rate of rotationof the motor is proportional -to the Huid-flow therethrough.

I claim as my invention 1. A proportional fiuid meter comprising `a main conduit provided with a nozzle having a converging orifice, a by-pass around the converging orifice of the conduit, provided with a jet-nozzle `havinga converging orifice, said converging orifices affording a substantially proportional fiow of fluid through the main conduit and by-pass, and 'a motor embracing a rotor operated by the impact due to the velocity of fluid issuingy the converging orifice of the4 conduit, provided with a jet-nozzle having a converging orifice, said converging orifices affording a lac substantially `proportional flovv` of iiuid y through the main conduit and by-pass, and

duit, and a registering device operatedby.

said rotor.

3. A proportional fluid meter comprisingy a main conduit provided With a nozzle having a converging orifice, a by-pass around the converging orifice of the conduit, provided With a jet-nozzle having a converging orifice, said conver ino' orifices afordin a substantially proportional flow of fluid through the main conduit 4and lay-pass, and

a motor embracing -a rotor' operated by the impact due to thevelocity of fluid issuing from said jet-nozzle under the pressure' head due to the converging' orifice in the conduit, the said conduit being provided with an annular chamber at the down-stream end of the converging orifice therein, and the return pipe of the by-pass being connected.

with said annular chamber.

4L A proportional fluid meter comprising a main conduit providedv with a nozzle having a converging orifice, a by-pass around the converging orifice of the conduit', provided With a jet-nozzle having a converging orifice, said converging orifices affording a substantially proportional flow vof fluid through the main4 conduit and by-pass, and a motor embracing a' rotor operated-by the impact due to the velocity of Huid issuing from said jet-nozzle under the pressure head due to the converging orifice in the conduit, the cross-sectional area of the .by-'pass being relatively large as compared With the crosssectional area of the discharge end or throat of the jet-nozzle.

5. A proportional fluid meter comprising a main conduit provided with a nozzle havlng a convergingv orifice, a by-pass around 'the convergingorice of the conduit., provided With a jet-nozzle havingaconverging orifice, said converging orifices affording a substantially proportional flow of fiuid through the main cond.u it V and by-pass, and

a motor embracing a rotor operated by the impact due to the velocity of fluidl 'issuing from said jet-nozzle under the pressure head due to the converging orifice in the conduit, said motor being provided with `a`c`losed casing with which the return pipe ofthe bypass is connected andthe rotor thereof being providedwith a resistance member attached to and turning with the same. l

6. A proportional fluid meter comprising a main Vconduit provided with a nozzle hav-i ing a convergingv orifice, a bypass around the converging orifice ofrthe-cenduit, provided With a jet-nozzle having a converging orifice, said converging orifices affording a substantially proportional flvv 'of Huid throughl the main conduit and 4b v-pass, a motor embracing a rotor operated'bv the impact due to the velocity of fluid issuing from said jet-nozzle under the pressure head due to the converging orifice in the conduit, said -motor being provided With a closed ycasing with Which the return pipe of the by-pass is connected and therotor thereof being provided with a resistance member attached to and turning With the same, and a registering device operated ,by said rotor.k

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aiiix my signature` in the l 

